The O. Henry Playhouse

A western sheriff risks his life to rid a town of its most dangerous gunmen and is persecuted. Episode Notes: Ernest Borgnine, Beverly Garland, Dick Foran and Jan Merlin guest star.

O. Henry sets out on a mission to find a "Man About Town," an elusive character he's been writing about but does not fully grasp who or what such a Man might be like. Episode Notes: Mona Freeman, Alan Hale Jr., Hans Conried, Marjorie Rambeau and Jane Nigh guest star.

A man with a dream of marrying the girl he loves, loses her to another man and she is soon the victim of a murder. Episode Notes: Denver Pyle, Philip Reed, Jan Harrison and Mack Williams guest star.

In South America, a Civil War veteran and avid adherent of the Confederate cause befriends a young Northerner when he becomes ill. Episode Notes: John Carradine, Charles Bronson and John Cassavetes guest star.

A burglar posing as a doctor finds his conscience when called to attend a medical emergency. Episode Notes: Gerald Mohr, Dorothy Green and Lewis Martin guest star.

O. Henry relates the story about a man named Carter with an incurable disease who has given up on living. But when Carter later travels to Texas to forget and be forgotten, he finds solace when in an equally disillusioned woman. Episode Notes: DeForest Kelley, Jeanne Cooper, Jackie Coogan, Paul Birch, Robert Karnes, Roy Engel and Paul Hahn guest star.

A debonair safecracker falls so head-over-heels for a lady that he confesses to a crime he didn't commit. Episode Notes: Johnny Crawford, Louis Hayward and Maureen Stephenson guest star.

A losing gambler sells all his possessions but gives away what he cannot sell, his life, to preserve his honor and a newfound friendship. Episode Notes: Barry Atwater, Dennis McCarthy, Lorna Thayer and Paul Birch guest star.

An attractive couple planning marriage are the only Americans living on the little tropical island of LaPaz. Episode Notes: Don "Red" Barry, Lyle Talbot, Jean Wiles and Pedro Gonzales guest star.

A young woman with abusive parents has led a sheltered life and falls for handsome hoodlum. Episode Notes: Raymond Koslo, Gail Kobe and Ellen Corby guest star.

A man suffering from a strange loss of memory disappears, only to turn up later under a different name. Episode Notes: Mary Shipp, Lawrence Dobkin, Ned Glass, Harold Dyrenforth guest star.

O. Henry relates to his housekeeper the curious tale of Billy who risks investing in an ice manufacturing business in tropical Salvador, only to get caught up in a revolution. Episode Notes: Tom Brown, Don Beddoe, Salvador Baguez, A.E. Gould-Porter and Lisa Montell guest star.

A New York man goes west to make his fortune, promising a reunion in 20 years with his best friend. Episode Notes: Jim Davis, Peggie Castle, Robert Karnes and Ian McDonald guest star.

The love of a young couple is tested by the visit of a scheming sister. Episode Notes: Whitney Blake, William Schallert, Havis Davenport and Minerva Urcal guest star.

A woman plays cupid for a young couple by lying about her husband's true identity so he can be arrested. Episode Notes: Jane Nigh, Dave O'Brien, Frank Jenks and Harry Tyler guest star.

A Texas cattleman befriends an ailing derelict and brings him home to his ranch to recuperate. Episode Notes: Stanley Clements, Leo Gordon, Hope Summers and Jack Mulhall guest star.

A professional gambler believes he has a sure thing with the best horse in the National Handicap, but begins to suspect that his long-time friend jockeying the pony may throw the race. Episode Notes: Chuck Connors, Roger Smith, Ollie O'Toole and Joe De Santis guest star.

An educated Cherokee befriends a runaway boy while traveling with a medicine show. When he returns the boy to his mother, they strike up a close friendship that is agreeable to all… except to the lady's ex-husband. Episode Notes: Simon Oakland, Anne Barton, Alan Aaronson and Raymond Hatton guest star.

A wistful street sweeper delights a young admirer and dismays adults with heroic tales of Custer at Little Big Horn. Episode Notes: Preston Foster, Paul Engle, Thomas Brown Henry and Kathleen Freeman guest star.

A counterfeit dollar, made out of lead, prevents a boy from being sent to prison, while also saving the life of a young woman. Episode Notes: Jill Jarmyn, Ross Elliott and Ralph Moody guest star.

In a Bohemian art gallery, O. Henry runs into Rudy Kerner, an aspiring but talentless painter who is unwilling to go into his father's successful business. His dipsy fiancee can't make headway in reconciling them, but O. Henry himself comes up with a secret plan that just might work. Episode Notes: Morris Ankrum, Claude Akins and Natalie Norwick guest star.

Home from the wars, Eddie Brady is set to resume leadership of the tough Eastside gang. However, Molly, his sweetheart, has been making plans for Eddie to become a plumber and quit the gang or she won't marry him. Episode Notes: William Bryant, Susan Morrow, Everett Glass, Tyler McVey and Jean Porter guest star.

A businessman's suspicious behavior gives cause for his nagging mother-in-law to poison the mind of her daughter against him. Episode Notes: Les Tremayne, Anne Whitfield, Alice Reinheart, and Reba Tassell guest star.

A bitter but wealthy man reluctantly opens his home to a poor boy who may prove to be the salve to cure his anguish in more ways than one. Episode Notes: Tommy Kirk, John Doucette, Jeanne Bates, Mary Adams and William Challee guest star.